Watch-movement box



(No Model.)

Jyo. D UEBER. WATCH MOVEMENT BOX.

No. 465,843. Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

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JOHN C. DUEBER, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

WATCH-MOVEMENT BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,843, dated December 29, 1891.

Application filed June 25, 1890. Serial No. 356,745. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that 1, JOHN G. DUEBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, county of Campbell, State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing Boxes for atch- Movements, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in packing-boxes for watch-movements, the object of which is to provide a packing-box that will grasp the movement by the pillar-plate and thereby suspend the movement secure from further contact with the box, and means for securing the cover to the body.

lVith these ends in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a sectional view of the body of the box. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the cap or cover. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cover, showing one of the incline grooves in section; Fig. l, a plan view showing the watch-movementin position and the nib in section. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the box with Watch-movement in position; Fig. 6, a vertical sectional view of the nib and groove by which the cover is secured to the body.

The packing-box may be made of any suitable material, preferably of tin, and is formed of two portions, a body having at its upper portion an inwardly-projected flange or ledge A to engage the periphery of the diametrically-smaller portion E of the pillarsplate F of the Watch-movement and to take under the shoulder G, by which the plate and the movement is supported, as shown in Fig. 5, thus suspending and supporting the movement by the pillar plate. The annular ledge A is formed by bending the upper edge of the body inward, then downward, and then back under the inward-projecting portion, so that the edge will bear against the vertical wall of the body and thus form a firm support under the shoulder G of the watch-movement On the sides of the body diametrically opposite, or thereabout, are provided nibs, as B,

formed by pressing the metal of the body out, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 0, and to stiffen or strengthen the bottom portion of the body and the top of the cover of the box an offset, as K, is formed by dropping the central portions of the bottom and the top out, forcing the metal at the point of offsetting from a horizontal to a vertical position, and crowning that portion of the bottom and the top between the offsets. The cover is formed similar to the body, being slightly larger to pass down over the body, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and having at its sides diametrically-opposite inclined grooves C (formed by pressing the metal of the side of the cover out, as shown in the drawings) to pass down over and embrace the nib B, as shown in Fig. 6. The arched offset K of the box-cover also protects the face and hands of the movement without contact therewith, and forms an annular shoulder d near the periphery of the cover, leaving a plane or annular surface for contact with the packing-ring D. The cushion or packing-ring D, made of rubber or other suitable material, is placed on and about the outer edge of the dial H, over which the lid is passed, the nibs B passing into the vertical neck portion 0 of the grooves O, and by turning the cover the nibs engage the incline portion of the groove, the coveris drawn down on the ring D, and the watch-movement secured in position, as shown in Fig. 5, the raised portion K passing over the dialand hands, as shown in Fig. 5. By this construction a cheap and substantial packing-box for watch movements is provided, and no paper or other wrapping that is liable to be damp or to gather dampness is required, whereby the steel parts of the movement would be rusted and rendered worthless.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a packing-box for watch-movements, the

depression and provided near its upper edge with a nib B, depressed from the material, and at its upper edge with an inward-projecting annular ledge A, which is formed by combination of abodyportion having abase bending the metal inward, then downward, annular shoulder, substantially as set forth I0 and then backward under the inWard-proand described.

jecting portion with its edge against the ver- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tical Wall of said body portion, and a cover my hand this 23d day of June, A. D, 1890.

for said body portion provided with an arched portion forming an annular shoulder d, and JOHN C. DUEBER.

with an L-shaped groove to receive the nib Witnesses: B, whereby the Watch-movement is held sus- W. K. MILLER, pended between said annular ledge and said CHAS. R. MILLER. 

